Star anise is a warm spice that can add a unique taste to both sweet and savory dishes. It's one of the key ingredients in five-spice powder , can be used to bring out the meatiness in a beef dish ...

Simple to mix and lovely to look at, this cocktail is just as suited to a relaxed Friday night as it is to a casual dinner with friends.

Cooked down in obscene amounts of butter, some star anise and those flavour bombs, fennel seeds! These carrots will turn your ordinary Christmas dinner into an 'extraordinary' dinner. Wow ...